PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Parent-Peer Partnership Program
The Program Director leads a robust team of dedicated Family Support Specialists and Peer Support Specialists who serve several of Wayside’s catchment areas and are committed to using their own lived experience to provide hope to others in similar circumstances and to help others to navigate systems to attain stability and recovery. The team also includes a Coordinator of Mentoring Art. Services provided within this program include individual peer support, parent/family guidance and advocacy, support groups and recreational and skill building opportunities for young adults, support groups for parents/caregivers, self-care and psychoeducation workshops, art, community educational engagements, internal and external consultation to other professionals, and a myriad of other inspiring roles.
Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00/year + sign-on bonus (half paid after 6 months of employment and the other half paid after 1 year of employment/pro-rated for part-time).
What You Will Do:
- Oversee creative programming development – Parent/Caregiver support services, Peer support services, Greenhouse Graphics services and growth strategies.
- Provide supervision to program staff.
- Provide oversight to agency-wide Family Partner/Family Support Specialist monthly group supervision and agency-wide Peer monthly group supervision.
- Liaison to DMH NE Child & Adolescent Director and DMH Central Child & Adolescent Director.
- Attend community engagements and consultation (System of Care Meetings, Transitional Age Youth meetings, Successfest, etc).
- Monitor, review, and manage program expenses.
- Monitor and analyze documentation, reporting, and utilization of services.
- Provide creative input and coordination with Director of Communications & Development to create program’s marketing, advertising, and promotional plans and materials.
- Hire, train, and manage personnel issues.
- Collaborate and coordinate with internal Wayside programs and external programs and agencies to increase service delivery.
Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.
- Demonstrated administrative and supervisory ability with at least two years of experience in a management role.
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organizational skill
- Knowledge of special education laws. legal issues, health care insurance/system and DMH programs and resources
- Knowledge of organization and facilitation of groups.
- Ability to recognize and respond to signs of trauma in family support workers and peer workers.
- Recognizing and responding to signs of trauma in young adults and caregivers.
- Recognizing and responding to signs of suicidality in young adults and caregivers.
Minimum Requirements:
- Primary qualification is in being the parent of a youth who has been involved in the mental health system.
- High School Diploma required. College degree preferred though not required.
- Some driving to meetings and trainings are required.
We Will Train You in: Motivational Interviewing; Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC); Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practices.
Skills Required
- At least two years of experience in a management role
- High school diploma
- Parent of a youth who has been involved in the mental health system
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Knowledge of special education laws and legal issues
- Knowledge of health care insurance systems and DMH programs and resources
- Knowledge of group organization and facilitation
- Ability to recognize and respond to trauma in family support workers and peer workers
- Ability to recognize and respond to trauma in young adults and caregivers
- Ability to recognize and respond to signs of suicidality in young adults and caregivers
- College degree
What We Do
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is a Massachusetts nonprofit human-services organization serving children, young adults, and families. It provides a wide variety of mental-health counseling and family-support services across 200 cities and towns in Massachusetts. Its mission is to empower children, young adults, and families to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being. Through this work, it supports families and young people across the state.
